[Physical factors in rehabilitation treatment of patients with Ixodes tick-borne borreliosis with primary lesions of the joints]. / Fizicheskie faktory v vosstanovitel'nom lechenii bol'nykh iksodovym kleshchevym borreliozom s preimushchestvennym porazheniem sustavov.

ABSTRACT

The studies made in 96 patients suffering from chronic ixode tick borreliosis with a prevalent joint lesion justified two-stage treatment with physiotherapy at the second stage. The proposed therapy is well tolerated, produced a good improvement in 82.4% patients, the response persisting for 8.8 +/- 0.2 months vs 5.6 +/- 1.0 months in the control group on pharmacotherapy alone.